EDITOR’S NOTE: The US media has promoted James Cameron as the spokesman for the “The Lost Tomb of Jesus,” but the Judaic press is not so coy. There we find the real force behind the mockery and his impressive power-Zionist, Orthodox Judaic credentials.

… Jacobovici … 54-year-old … Israeli.

… Jacobovici’s … history … (He) … moved to Canada, where he was an activist for Jewish causes (he chaired the North American Jewish Students’ Network; founded and chaired Network Canada, the country’s national union of Jewish students; founded the Canadian Universities Bureau of the Canadian Zionist Federation; and served on the national executive of the Canadian Jewish Congress; was invited to share the dais with prime minister Menachem Begin in 1978, following his announcement of the peace accord with Egypt; was president of the International Congress of the World Union of Jewish Students; and in 1980 – the year the “Jesus tomb” he would investigate a quarter of a century later was discovered – he was awarded the Knesset Medal for his Zionist work on North American campuses, …

Today, the married father of five is an Orthodox Jew, who dines with his Hollywood peers on the kosher food he requests. And Shabbat is sacred. “At the end of the day,” says Jacobovici, adjusting his lushly embroidered kippa crowning a head of nape-length hair, “if you refuse to compromise, others come around.”

“I was born in Israel in 1953 …”

“I came back to Israel for two years to serve in the army …” (“One on One: The cross he bears,” Ruthie Blum, Jerusalem Post, Mar 21, 2007)

John Katz, a former professor of Jewish film at York University, is familiar with Jacobovici’s films and also knows him personally through the synagogue Jacobovici founded. “Simcha becomes more of an advocate in his films for an idea, an argument, than a lot of filmmakers,” he says. “His films don’t have that pasty indecisiveness that a lot of them do.” Jacobovici does achieve a degree of journalistic objectivity because of his Talmudic approach to filmmaking …

“We were encouraged to talk back, we were encouraged to break rules, we were told that there were no rules for us.” (Simcha Jacobovici)

Bill Donahue of “The Catholic League” tells us that none of this is significant–Jacobovici’s rabid adherence to the 2000 year-old Judaic tradition of slander against Jesus Christ has no bearing upon his decision to make a “documentary” which slanders Jesus Christ. Whose interests does Bill Donahue represent?

EDITOR’S NOTE: The US media has promoted James Cameron as the spokesman for the “The Lost Tomb of Jesus,” but the Judaic press is not so coy. There we find the real force behind the mockery and his impressive power-Zionist, Orthodox Judaic credentials.

… Jacobovici … 54-year-old … Israeli.

… Jacobovici’s … history … (He) … moved to Canada, where he was an activist for Jewish causes (he chaired the North American Jewish Students’ Network; founded and chaired Network Canada, the country’s national union of Jewish students; founded the Canadian Universities Bureau of the Canadian Zionist Federation; and served on the national executive of the Canadian Jewish Congress; was invited to share the dais with prime minister Menachem Begin in 1978, following his announcement of the peace accord with Egypt; was president of the International Congress of the World Union of Jewish Students; and in 1980 – the year the “Jesus tomb” he would investigate a quarter of a century later was discovered – he was awarded the Knesset Medal for his Zionist work on North American campuses, …

Today, the married father of five is an Orthodox Jew, who dines with his Hollywood peers on the kosher food he requests. And Shabbat is sacred. “At the end of the day,” says Jacobovici, adjusting his lushly embroidered kippa crowning a head of nape-length hair, “if you refuse to compromise, others come around.”

“I was born in Israel in 1953 …”

“I came back to Israel for two years to serve in the army …” (“One on One: The cross he bears,” Ruthie Blum, Jerusalem Post, Mar 21, 2007)

John Katz, a former professor of Jewish film at York University, is familiar with Jacobovici’s films and also knows him personally through the synagogue Jacobovici founded. “Simcha becomes more of an advocate in his films for an idea, an argument, than a lot of filmmakers,” he says. “His films don’t have that pasty indecisiveness that a lot of them do.” Jacobovici does achieve a degree of journalistic objectivity because of his Talmudic approach to filmmaking …

“We were encouraged to talk back, we were encouraged to break rules, we were told that there were no rules for us.” (Simcha Jacobovici)

Bill Donahue of “The Catholic League” tells us that none of this is significant–Jacobovici’s rabid adherence to the 2000 year-old Judaic tradition of slander against Jesus Christ has no bearing upon his decision to make a “documentary” which slanders Jesus Christ. Whose interests does Bill Donahue represent?

EDITOR’S NOTE: The US media has promoted James Cameron as the spokesman for the “The Lost Tomb of Jesus,” but the Judaic press is not so coy. There we find the real force behind the mockery and his impressive power-Zionist, Orthodox Judaic credentials.

… Jacobovici … 54-year-old … Israeli.

… Jacobovici’s … history … (He) … moved to Canada, where he was an activist for Jewish causes (he chaired the North American Jewish Students’ Network; founded and chaired Network Canada, the country’s national union of Jewish students; founded the Canadian Universities Bureau of the Canadian Zionist Federation; and served on the national executive of the Canadian Jewish Congress; was invited to share the dais with prime minister Menachem Begin in 1978, following his announcement of the peace accord with Egypt; was president of the International Congress of the World Union of Jewish Students; and in 1980 – the year the “Jesus tomb” he would investigate a quarter of a century later was discovered – he was awarded the Knesset Medal for his Zionist work on North American campuses, …

Today, the married father of five is an Orthodox Jew, who dines with his Hollywood peers on the kosher food he requests. And Shabbat is sacred. “At the end of the day,” says Jacobovici, adjusting his lushly embroidered kippa crowning a head of nape-length hair, “if you refuse to compromise, others come around.”

“I was born in Israel in 1953 …”

“I came back to Israel for two years to serve in the army …” (“One on One: The cross he bears,” Ruthie Blum, Jerusalem Post, Mar 21, 2007)

John Katz, a former professor of Jewish film at York University, is familiar with Jacobovici’s films and also knows him personally through the synagogue Jacobovici founded. “Simcha becomes more of an advocate in his films for an idea, an argument, than a lot of filmmakers,” he says. “His films don’t have that pasty indecisiveness that a lot of them do.” Jacobovici does achieve a degree of journalistic objectivity because of his Talmudic approach to filmmaking …

“We were encouraged to talk back, we were encouraged to break rules, we were told that there were no rules for us.” (Simcha Jacobovici)

Bill Donahue of “The Catholic League” tells us that none of this is significant–Jacobovici’s rabid adherence to the 2000 year-old Judaic tradition of slander against Jesus Christ has no bearing upon his decision to make a “documentary” which slanders Jesus Christ. Whose interests does Bill Donahue represent?

Please call the Discovery Channel and protest their perennial Easter season installment of anti-Christian bigotry.

The Discovery Channel’s phone # is 240-662-2000. Senior Executive Vice President, Mark Hollinger’s direct extension is 5495. President and CEO, David Zaslav’s extension is not available, so you’ll have to leave a message with an operator for him. Please be civil and thoughtful in your comments.

This was my message:

The Discovery channel’s anti-Christian bias is plainly evident in it’s entertainment of fanciful theories that contradict the Christian Gospel which air with increasing intensity around the Christmas and Easter seasons eachyear.

It’s not a secret that James Cameron was only the spokesman for “The Lost Tomb of Jesus” and that the real driving force behind the program is Orthodox Judaic, Simcha Jacobovici.

Does the Discovery Channel plan to air programming on Jacobovici’s religion, Orthodox Judaism, equally critical and in equal amounts around the “Jewish” high holy days as it does on Christianity during it’s holy days? If the past is any indicator, the answer to that question is a very clear, no.

So the Discovery Channel is most accurately regarded as a very biased platform for criticism of Christianity and protection of Orthodox Judaism. And I will remain energetic in organizing boycotts of Discovery Communications, Inc., Cox Communications and Advance/Newhouse Communications until that problem is corrected.

To Jacobovici, an Orthodox Jew and established documentary filmmaker …

“all the films I make are Jewish because I bring that sensibility to it.”

Please call the Discovery Channel and protest their perennial Easter season installment of anti-Christian bigotry.

The Discovery Channel’s phone # is 240-662-2000. Senior Executive Vice President, Mark Hollinger’s direct extension is 5495. President and CEO, David Zaslav’s extension is not available, so you’ll have to leave a message with an operator for him. Please be civil and thoughtful in your comments.

This was my message:

The Discovery channel’s anti-Christian bias is plainly evident in it’s entertainment of fanciful theories that contradict the Christian Gospel which air with increasing intensity around the Christmas and Easter seasons each year.

It’s not a secret that James Cameron was only the spokesman for “The Lost Tomb of Jesus” and that the real driving force behind the program is Orthodox Judaic, Simcha Jacobovici.

Does the Discovery Channel plan to air programming on Jacobovici’s religion, Orthodox Judaism, equally critical and in equal amounts around the “Jewish” high holy days as it does on Christianity during it’s holy days? If the past is any indicator, the answer to that question is a very clear, no.

So the Discovery Channel is most accurately regarded as a very biased platform for criticism of Christianity and protection of Orthodox Judaism. And I will remain energetic in organizing boycotts of Discovery Communications, Inc., Cox Communications and Advance/Newhouse Communications until that problem is corrected.

To Jacobovici, an Orthodox Jew and established documentary filmmaker …

“all the films I make are Jewish because I bring that sensibility to it.”

This is what’s possible when Catholics actually DO something. Perhaps U.S. Catholics would benefit if some Indian missionaries came here to show them how it’s done.

Discovery India pulls showing of ‘Lost Tomb of Jesus’ documentary

MUMBAI (CNA): The Discovery Channel has announced that it will not broadcast the “The Lost Tomb of Jesus” in India after protests from various Christian groups, led by the Mumbai-based Catholic Secular Forum, the India Catholic News Service reports.

The documentary, directed by Simcha Jacobovici and produced by James Cameron, had its worldwide premier on Sunday.

Protesters said the documentary, which claims to have found the burial place of Jesus, his alleged wife, Mary Magdalene, and their son, Judas, trivializes the Christian faith.

Father Babu Joseph, the spokesman for the Catholic Bishops Conference of India, said in a statement against the film, “the documentary is not based on proven historical fact. Historically speaking, evidences closer to the event have more authenticity than evidences dished out after 2000 years. According to Biblical and non-Biblical sources, it has been believed that Jesus rose from the dead, and that is the basis of entire Christian faith and tradition.”

Numerous archeological experts, such as the internationally renowned Holy Land archeologist, Professor Amos Kloner have also criticized the documentary. Kloner, who revealed the findings of the very same dig 10 years ago, criticized the filmmakers’ marketing strategy and said it is not based on proof, the Jerusalem Post reported last week.

Kloner said a similar film was released 11 years ago, and the new film, The Lost Tomb of Jesus, is simply a renewed effort to create controversy in order to make a profit.

This is what’s possible when Catholics actually DO something. Perhaps U.S. Catholics would benefit if some Indian missionaries came here to show them how it’s done.

Discovery India pulls showing of ‘Lost Tomb of Jesus’ documentary

MUMBAI (CNA): The Discovery Channel has announced that it will not broadcast the “The Lost Tomb of Jesus” in India after protests from various Christian groups, led by the Mumbai-based Catholic Secular Forum, the India Catholic News Service reports.

The documentary, directed by Simcha Jacobovici and produced by James Cameron, had its worldwide premier on Sunday.

Protesters said the documentary, which claims to have found the burial place of Jesus, his alleged wife, Mary Magdalene, and their son, Judas, trivializes the Christian faith.

Father Babu Joseph, the spokesman for the Catholic Bishops Conference of India, said in a statement against the film, “the documentary is not based on proven historical fact. Historically speaking, evidences closer to the event have more authenticity than evidences dished out after 2000 years. According to Biblical and non-Biblical sources, it has been believed that Jesus rose from the dead, and that is the basis of entire Christian faith and tradition.”

Numerous archeological experts, such as the internationally renowned Holy Land archeologist, Professor Amos Kloner have also criticized the documentary. Kloner, who revealed the findings of the very same dig 10 years ago, criticized the filmmakers’ marketing strategy and said it is not based on proof, the Jerusalem Post reported last week.

Kloner said a similar film was released 11 years ago, and the new film, The Lost Tomb of Jesus, is simply a renewed effort to create controversy in order to make a profit.